Does the Switch Witch visit your house? 
Well, for the first time ever it will be visiting ours! 
We have a magic Elf named Rarry at Christmas, the Easter Bunny comes and takes all the plastic eggs if you leave them sitting outside in your Easter basket after Easter is over, and NOW we have a friend at Halloween that will come and steal all of your candy but leave you a toy! How awesome is that? 
A friend of mine on facebook posted a question last night, "What are your candy rules after Halloween is over?" and one of her friends told about the Switch Witch, and I was immediately sold! She said her kids get to pick out 10 pieces of candy and then the the rest gets stolen! She said the witch leaves a toy in it's place. It would have been better for us if we'd known about this witch when the girls were little, because then we wouldn't have to do so much to "invite" the witch to our home, she doesn't know we want our candy stolen afterall! 

So, here are our steps to inviting the Switch Witch to our home...let's hope it works:)

1. Tell the kids you heard about this crazy witch that comes after Halloween and steals candy but leaves a toy.
2. Let the kids process this information...not so sure they like the idea of anyone STEALING their candy...but it's processing...
3. Tell the kids that they can hide a few pieces of candy from the witch so she doesn't take ALL of it...
4. OH, okay, they are now thinking this is a great idea! " I hope the witch comes and brings me a monster high doll!"
5. Hmmm, girls, how do you think we will be able to tell the witch we want her to come and steal our candy?
6 . Maybe we could make a potion, leave it outside so she can smell it while she's flying around stealing other kids candy. 
7. Perfect! Let's sort our candy...pick ten...what 15? okay...20? okay, let me see..."mommy, we need to have some in there for you and daddy too." oh, okay, 20 pieces - no more! They put it in sandwich bags - yay!
8. We now have about 4lbs of candy for the Switch Witch to take...I wonder if she'll take any to the local orthodontist and trade it for cash? probably.
9. Potion is outside and stinking up the neighborhood.
I hope she comes tonight!

Potion Recipe: Key lime yogurt, 4 pepperonis, pickle juice, cinnamon, spinach, lemon slices, agave, old bay seasoning, leaves, flowers and mulch...Yummy!

What are your Halloween traditions and most importantly, what do you do with all the candy?!!